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loping

Variant of lope

intransitive verb loped, loping

to move along easily, with a long, swinging stride or in an easy canter

Origin: ME lopen < ON hlaupa, to leap, run (or MDu lopen): see leap

transitive verb

to cause to lope

noun

a long, easy, swinging stride

Related Forms:

loper noun

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